The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread

[LSLGuy]

Cross-linking the two semi-current threads on the demise of Arecibo:

Arecibo Radio Telescope damage; Puerto Rico [has collapsed]

A cable snapped, causing this cornerstone of radio astronomy and SETI to go off-line due to structural damage. [Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope]

Big US radio telescope being shutdown

Seen in the movie Contact . It cannot be fixed from recent damage.